Beniamin

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βενιαμίν (Beniamín).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Beniamin m (indeclinable)

  1. (Late Latin) Benjamin (the youngest son of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob)

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Benjamin
  • Faroese: Benjamin

References[edit]

  • Benjămin”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Benjamin in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 214/3.

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Beniamin

Proper noun[edit]

Beniamin m

  1. a male given name

References[edit]

  • Cook, Albert, S. Biblical quotations in Old English Prose writers, page, 69.

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbe.nja.min]
  • (file)

Proper noun[edit]

Beniamin m (genitive/dative lui Beniamin)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Benjamin